I'm new to the site and have found it to be a great resource. I have a question related to funding a down payment for my first investment properties. I have about $20k cash reserve, but rather not spend it. Instead, I...
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Hi everyone,I am analyzing a deal in Washington State and I am curious about the following fact. I've been working with this real estate agent for over a month (at least) on a weekly fashion on this deal, but we haven...
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I made an exception to a tenant at a single family home rental and allowed a dog. Tenant sworn dog was trained and well behaved and on day 2 of the pet's arrival we have damages to the front door and one interior doo...
Hello all. I currently hold a staff position as a registered nurse working 36 hours (3 days a week). I'm looking into ways to spend my other 4 days off, and I've been intrigued by the idea of learning about real estat...
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2024 was a banner year for our investor clients with eight prime Oregon Coast vacation rentals sold. Four properties were existing STR's that had a permit 'transfer' and the other half were eligible properties that su...
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Hi everyone, I am a newbie in house flipping. I am wondering if I can have 3-4 contractors to go to the properties at the same time to see and give me an estimate or quote or I should schedule with them one on one. I ...
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Hi Everyone,
I bought my last 2 properties while I still had a W2 job. One property is a condo (in CA) that I rent out, and the other property is a house (in NV) that I live in and rent out the other rooms.
I quit...
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I am planning to travel with my girlfriend soon who is a nurse and am interested in possibly making a career switch into some sort of RE job. Are there any RE related jobs in which I could work fully remote on the roa...
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If you're weighing between purchasing a primary residence and renting spare bedrooms versus buying the entire property, which is more tax write off advantageous. In either case, the idea is to do the short term renta...
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Hi there, my brother and I have just formed an LLC with the goal to flip a property. This will be our first investment and have found that we cannot get a loan under the LLC without 2 years of P&L statements.
We...